Athlon II M360 vs Athlon X2 QL-66

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-66 and Athlon II M360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon	AMD Athlon II
Architecture codename	Lion (2008−2009)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	1 September 2009 (15 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-66 and Athlon II M360 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	3200 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-66 and Athlon II M360 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	S1g2	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and Athlon II M360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and Athlon II M360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR2

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

65 nm

45 nm

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